Students, faculty, and staff may follow this guide to download, or “export”, some or all of their data out of OneDrive. Students who are leaving the university should follow this guide to save data they wish to keep.
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Ensure that you have enough storage available on your computer to hold this data. If you need to change where OneDrive saves its data, such as an external hard drive, follow Change OneDrive location on Computer before following the instructions below. |
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When a folder/file is done downloading, it will have a solid green checkmark instead of a cloud icon or a hollow checkmark.
These files are now ready to be uploaded into another cloud location!
If you need to move (not copy) the files out of the OneDrive folder on your computer and into another folder on your computer or an external storage drive, follow the instructions below.
If you are leaving the University or need
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to move the files to a new location
If you are leaving the university your data will soon be deleted. Follow this guide to disconnect files from your university account.
If you need to move the files to a new location on your computer, or an external storage drive, follow these instructions to unlink your computer from OneDrive after the files have finished downloading.
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Simply closing the OneDrive App before/after moving files will result in data loss in OneDrive when you open the App again. You need to unlink your computer before making changes to the folder if you do not want to affect the original files in OneDrive. |
Once all files finish downloading, sign out of the OneDrive App.
Note: the sign out process may take a few upwards of 15 minutes as the app cleans up your OneDrive folder, removing all files that have not had the “Always keep on this device” label applied and files that have not been opened in the last 30 days. The time needed to sign out is heavily dependent on the number of files in your account.Open the OneDrive app from the toolbar and go to the settings.
Click on Account if necessary, then Unlink this PC.
Wait for the sign out process to finish. When it does finish, you will receive a popup window asking you to sign in to OneDrive. Do not sign in.
You may now move the files to another location on your computer or upload them into a cloud storage service.
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